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Bou Kra
Basic information Name: Bou Kra
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 130 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 7010 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 1
  Line 4:
Date:5 Dec 2001
Latitude:26°37.950'N
Longitude:12°48.615'E
Mass (g):130
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):19.08
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.81
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Finder:Claire and Marie Parodi
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 37' 57"N, 12° 48' 37"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 286 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)
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